Competency of Knowledge Workers: Theory and Practice

Author: Chen Wansi
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Part of the "Economic and Management Doctoral Theses Series," it primarily introduces the theory and practice of competency for knowledge workers. The content includes: concepts and theories of knowledge workers, concepts and theories of competency, an overview of management competency models, research foundations for competency models of human resources professionals, the design of competency scales for human resources professionals in Chinese enterprises, and the construction of competency models for human resources professionals in Chinese enterprises. Competency models are not only a hot topic in current research fields of management psychology and human resource management theory, but also an important area of study in disciplines such as management psychology, higher education, and labor economics over the past three decades. However, in China, research on competency models for employees is still in its early stages and has not yet entered a phase of widespread application.